A/N: This fanfiction will be a mixture of the anime a year after Nightmare was defeated and a mixture of Dreamland 2 and 3. (As the title shows with "Rainbow drops".) To not hold up the story with the author note, I'll add more below. Enjoy the chapter~
"Mom, why can't we bring Kirby with us? Do you really think we can leave him alone outside of Pupu land for an entire year?" Fumu exclaimed her protest. Due to her worry for Kirby and her frustration with her mother's stubborn decision, it came off as a bit of a spoiled whine instead.
"Honey," Memu began, still retaining her stern but calm posture. "Kirby protects Pupuland and all of Popstar."
"But-" Fumu interrupted, only to also be interrupted by her mother. They were having one of their usual spats.
"Don't you dare mention Metaknight, you know how he is. He'd rather watch everything unfold into chaos before he lifts a hand up," she scolded as she placed her hands on her hips. She saw her daughter submit to her stern scolding like usual when they had these spats. But now that she learned her place, Memu calmly added, "Kirby being here will motivate him a little bit, so it's a winning situation for everyone. We'll be fine, Pupuland will be fine, and Kirby will be fine, alright?"
"Okay..." Fumu replied with her head a little low from the scolding. "You're right..." she said as she got up from the chair she briefly sat in. "Just...let me bring Kirby to the castle first, okay?"
"Sure, Dear. Just do it quickly, we have a boat waiting for us after all."
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To Fumu's luck, Kirby wasn't too far off from the castle. The little puff knew not to get too close to the castle, but he usually wandered near by in case he would run into his close friend Fumu. The kind pink child jumped and waved in excitement at the sight of his sisterly figure running his way. "Fumu! Fumu!!"
"Hi, Kirby!" the young girl greeted with opened arms. She giggled as her little friend jumped into her beige arms; hugging him was like hugging a pleasantly warm pillow. She kept him in her hold, and could tell that he was a little confused, but still pleased to be held. She giggled and explained, "Kirby, we're going to the castle, okay?"
"Huu?" Kirby asked as he tilted entirely to express his curiosity.
"You're going to stay there for the year. But don't worry, you'll be okay, I believe Metaknight will make sure you're okay!" Fumu explained as she walked across the bridge to the castle. She had a lot of admiration and faith in the knight, even for an odd request such as this. The WaddleDees however, looked very uneasy that she was bringing Kirby into the land of Dedede, but there was nothing they could do but brace.
"Fumu, just place him down and lets go," Memu said when her daughter was close to the gates.
"Just a little longer, Mama! I promise it will be in an instant!" Fumu exclaimed and quickly ran into the castle before her mother could grab her.
"Hi, Memu!!" Kirby greeted happily, not feeling any sense of rush from either of the two.
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Fumu wandered into the realm of Metaknight's room rather confidently. She smiled when she spotted the cloaked knight colored like the theme of night and called, "Metaknight."
"Yes?" he answered as he turned around.
"I have a favor..." she began as she waited for a response or action out of Metaknight. He remained as stoic as usual so she continued on. "I can't bring Kirby with me aaand..."
"So you're saying you don't trust him enough to be on his own?" Metaknight asked in a somewhat amused tone. But with the way he conversed with people, it was usually very hard to tell.
"It's not that I don't trust him..." Fumu replied as she brushed her fingers through her hair somewhat nervously. She hated when things liked this happened, especially with the too-intelligent-for-his-own-good knight.
"Then what is it?"
"Er..." Fumu grumbled in thought. She thought about his question for a few moments. She was beginning to feel like she didn't trust Kirby, and rubbed her temples with the in growing headache that Metaknight caused her in one sentence. "It's not that I don't trust him! I just worry about him."
"Worrying for him in this particular sense is a sign of lack of trust," Metaknight stated in a flat tone only to add to his word game.
Fumu had not realized she walked into a word game of Metaknight's boredom and continued to play into it further. "No it's not!" she shouted in reply, insulted that he misconducted concern with lack of trust like that. She saw that his eyes were smiling, even though they weren't blatantly pink shaded like the time he was amused he was a rare and popular figurine. The hint of the color was there, and just as she was about to give him a piece of her mind, her mother had called for her.
"Fumu!"
Fumu headed over towards the door in a huff. She turned around before leaving and stated, "I know you will look out for him regardless!" and left.
"She tries too hard," Metaknight mumbled to himself in secret amusement. Even by himself he was careful to show any other signs of expression but that of his nonchalant one. He sat down in one of his chairs and looked around his room to see what he could occupy himself with now. He didn't have to immediately go after Kirby, neither did he have to really pay attention to him twenty-four-seven. To him, Kirby was fine by himself, even if he was as little as two years of age, he learned quick and was already picking up new words and healthy habits of taking care of himself, Fumu was just too paranoid; not that he could really blame her for that.
Just as he yawned in more boredom, a muffled explosion was heard from below him, like it was in the lower area of the castle, and it caused his table to tremble a few centimeters from where it originally rested.
From his many years out of Popstar, and even his few in Popstar, the unlikely was always the likely. It was surely Kirby.
A/N: This fiction is pretty much a K+ the entire way through, but according to the guidelines, the ending seems to make it a T. Teehee. But anyways..~ I was always a firm believer that cliched ideas always have the possibility of becoming a nice story, it was just a matter of how it was delivered. I was given the challenge to try and make a cliched plot enjoyable and even original. I hope it'll be a success, I have a lot planned for it :P I want to try to make it feel like a sequel to the anime as well as have relation to the games. So here's hoping.
